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Railway line to connect Iran to Mediterranean Sea through Iraqi, Syrian Kurdistan: Rouhani

This is less about business & economics as it’s more about Iran’s Middle East hegemonic grab. This railway, while serving economic purposes, will also serve military ones. They will now be able to supply efficient logistical support to the Iranian military in the Mediterranean. This is a a road to war under construction and a direct threat on Europe’s doorstep.

An Iranian train. Photo: Tansim

SNE, Iranian Kurdistan— An extended railway construction is underway to connect Iran to the Syrian west coast on the Mediterranean Sea, crossing the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq, according to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani who visited Kurdish provincial capital of Sanandaj in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhelat) Saturday as part of his reelection campaign.

Rouhani described the construction of Tehran-Sanandaj railway as one of “the most important infrastructure projects” in the country and added that it would create many job opportunities.

“By extending the railway from Sanandaj to the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, we will connect Iran to the Mediterranean Sea through Syria,” the president said after arriving in Sanandaj.

Rouhani arrived in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province on Saturday morning to inaugurate a number of industrial projects. The President was leading a delegation including some members of his cabinet to the province.

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The president started 21 new projects in the highly impoverished province worth an estimated 2,750 billion Iranian tomans which is thought to create some 6000 new jobs for the local workforce.

The construction of the petrochemical factory and two dam projects were also officially started in the province.

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Ever since its emergence in 1979 the Islamic regime imposed discriminatory rules and laws against the Kurds in all social, political and economic fields.

The Kurds in Iran experience discrimination in the enjoyment of their religious, economic and cultural rights. Parents are banned from registering their babies with certain Kurdish names, and religious minorities that are mainly or partially Kurdish are targeted by measures designed to stigmatize and isolate them.